in the nytimes today todd gitlin writes about the need for the left to step up and start setting policy instead of letting the rightwing wrap themselves in the flag and attack the freedoms it stands for. his main point is that liberals shouldn't shy away from being patriotic, it just needs to be, as he puts it "a patriotism of action, not of pledges".
personally i think woody guthrie is an excellent person to model a neo-liberal movement after. he was for the poor, workers, unions, women's rights. he hated facists, corrupt politicians and corrupt businessmen--i imagine he'd have a few things to say about our first mba president. the best thing about mr. guthrie was that for the problems he saw and all the anger he felt he was still an optomist. i don't think how many in the left today would feel comfortable writing land is your land?
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